This book is a treasure of wit, a marvel of humor, and a deep and wide view of scientific knowledge interacting with life experiences. Faithful to his patients, yet Dr. Long manages to take us along a trip of social, moral, and medical satire to challenge the imp in any old practitioner, or young physician, or curious intellectual, or green budding future Mark Twain. I read this book from cover to cover, not missing any occasion to laugh or to smile. Seriously!

The Chimpanzee in each of us exposes itself on the pages of this shocking irreverent book. While our politicians and school boards debate the reality of physical evolution, Dr. Long presents convincing material that human social behavior has also evolved during mankind's long journey to become modern human. Because we share a distant origin, social behaviors exist in common with humans and African chimpanzees and other members of our animal kingdom. The interesting animal behavior studies cited in this book reveal a marvelous complexity of the social behavior of other beasts that are compelling even if human behavior was never mentioned.

Rampant humor and merciless descriptive vignettes entertain while humbling our preconceived notions about our human nature. No one escapes insult. Everyone will find insights to help understand the wants that by genetic design motivate our mates, friends, enemies and ourselves. Do you need material to enliven conversations with your mate or companions? Interject a few quotations from this book for a reality check.